Archive timeline
1999
The news published by Hands Off Cain in 1999, month by month, with the countries most present that year.
Latest news of 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama is considering changing its method of execution...
Alabama is considering changing its method of execution in light of the U
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana was...
A bill to abolish the death penalty in Louisiana was defeated in committee (1998)
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to...
A new dialogue about the death penalty appears to be under way inside the Supreme Court
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlaskaDEATH PENALTY
Alaska does not have the death penalty
Alaska does not have the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Maryland forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999HawaiiDEATH PENALTY
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1956 before becoming a state
- JANUARY 1, 1999MichiganDEATH PENALTY
Michigan has not had the death penalty since 1847
Michigan has not had the death penalty since 1847
- JANUARY 1, 1999IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Idaho has had only one execution since the death penalty...
Idaho has had only one execution since the death penalty was reinstated and that was of an inmate who waived his appeals
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Alabama does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay...
Alabama, which had one of the lowest rates of pay for death penalty attorneys, passed legislation which will modestly increase the rate of compensation for attorneys representing indigent criminal defendants and removed the $2,000 limit which had been imp
- JANUARY 1, 1999AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the...
In January, outgoing Governor Fob James commuted the death sentence of Judith Ann Neelley who as America's longest-serving female death row prisoner had actually been on death row for nearly 16 years
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Arizona does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded or juvenile offenders but does have life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with...
A bill to eliminate the death penalty for those with mental retardation was introduced, but did not pass
- JANUARY 1, 1999GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Georgia forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Governor Mike Huckabee commuted the death sentence...
Governor Mike Huckabee commuted the death sentence of Bobby Ray Fretwell to a sentence of life without parole
- JANUARY 1, 1999CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
California does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
California does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
Arizona executed two German citizens, Karl and Walter...
Arizona executed two German citizens, Karl and Walter LaGrand, Karl on February 24 and Walter on March 3, for killing a bank manager in Arizona in 1982
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
New Mexico forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
Arkansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Arkansas forbids the execution of the mentally retarded but does not forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
There were many bills to expand the death penalty in...
There were many bills to expand the death penalty in California, but none of them passed
- JANUARY 1, 1999ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
Colorado forbids the execution of the mentally retarded...
Colorado forbids the execution of the mentally retarded and juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Connecticut does not forbid the execution of the mentally...
Connecticut does not forbid the execution of the mentally retarded but does forbid the execution of juvenile offenders
- JANUARY 1, 1999DelawareDEATH PENALTY
Delaware has the highest rate of executions as a fraction...
Delaware has the highest rate of executions as a fraction of its population of any state in the U
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation,...
Colorado has one of the better systems of legal representation, a small death row and no executions in 1999 or 1998
- JANUARY 1, 1999ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The state is one of eight with a recent capital punishment...
The state is one of eight with a recent capital punishment law, but has not had an execution
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether...
District Judge Michael Heydt - selected to decide whether Lucas Salmon should be executed for a 1997 murder in Colorado Springs - refused to participate in this new process
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge...
Colorado's new system of death sentencing using a three-judge panel instead of a jury faced its first case in 1999
- JANUARY 1, 1999DEATH PENALTY
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan...
A poll of 600 people taken April 21-25 in Michigan indicated that support for the death penalty is declining and the majority of residents (56%) would prefer a life sentence and payment to victims' families instead of the death penalty (33%)
- JANUARY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Florida officials imposed a one-year moratorium on...
Florida officials imposed a one-year moratorium on executions after a fire started during Pedro Medina's electrocution on March 25, 1997
- JANUARY 1, 1999FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Since the death penalty was reinstated, Florida has...
Since the death penalty was reinstated, Florida has had the most inmates (18) released from death row after evidence of their innocence emerged